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>>> OUR NEXT GUESTS ARE WHAT WE
CALL COUPLE GOALS.
CIARA WITH HIT SINGLES LIKE
GOODIES AND LEVEL UP.
>> AND THEN RUSSELL WILSON.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS QUARTERBACK.
LED THE TEAM TO A SUPER BOWL
RING IN 2014.
>> NOW THE DUO IS JOINING FORCES
WITH RELEASE OF THEIR NEW
CHILDREN'S BOOK "WHY NOT YOU."
>> A BEAUTIFUL COVER AS WELL.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> JUST READ TO IT MY BOYS LAST
NIGHT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I KNOW YOU ARE.
WHY NOT THE SAME NAME AS YOUR
FOUNDATION WHICH IS THE CATALYST
OF YOUR PROJECT.
TELL US ABOUT IT.
>> FIRST THANK YOU FOR HAVING US
ON THE SHOW.
WE'RE SO EXCITED.
I IT IS EARLY ON THE WEST COAST.
BUT FOR US WE'VE BEEN SO EXCITED
TO DO THIS FOR SO MANY REASONS
AND OUR PARENTS USED TO SAY TO
US WHY NOT YOU.
WHY NOT YOU.
THE DRIVING FORCE QUESTION MY
DAD ASKED ALL THE TIME.
HE'D SAY WHY NOT YOU BE A SUPER
BOWL WINNING QUARTERBACK.
WHY DON'T YOU PLAY PRO BASEBALL.
WHY DON'T YOU GRADUATE EARLY.
WHY NOT YOU.
AND THAT IS A SUBCONSCIOUS BUT
ALSO CONSCIOUS QUESTION WE ALL
HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES AND WE
FOUND ALONG IS IT WAY IF YOU ARE
A YOUNG KIDS WITH CANCER GOING
THROUGH THAT.
WHY NOT ME.
YOU HAVE TO.
WE'VE SEEN SO MANY TIMES.
AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TO LAUNCH.
WHEN CIARA AND I FIRST FIRST MET
I WAS ASKING A BUNCH OF
QUESTIONS AND SHE WAS ASKING ME
A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS AND ONE OF
THE QUESTIONS, IF YOU COULD DO
ANYTHING IN THE WORLD, WHAT
WOULD BE SOME OF THOSE THINGS?
AND ONE OF 'EM WAS IT WAS OPEN
UP A SCHOOL, WHICH WE DID.
NO WHY NOT YOU ACADEMY AND WE
ALSO OBVIOUSLY LAUNCHING THIS
BOOK.
AS THE BLESSING TO BE HERE WITH
YOU GUYS.
YEAH.
>> CIARA, BACK IN SEPTEMBER, WE
EXCLUSIVELY REVEALED THE COVER
OF THE BOOK.
NOW WE'RE GETTING A CLOSER LOOK
AT THE INSIDE.
I THUMBED THROUGH IT IN MY
DRESSING ROOM THIS MORNING.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE IS THAT
THE CHARACTERS, THEY LOOK --
THEY LOOK LIKE US.
>> ALL OF US.
>> YEAH.
HOW IMPORTANT WAS IT TO INCLUDE
DIVERSITY IN YOUR ILLUSTRATIONS?
>> OH MY GOODNESS.
SO IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW THE WHY NOT YOU
ATTITUDE IS FOR EVERY CHILD IN
THE WORLD.
OUR GOAL IS EMPOWERING EVERY
CHILD TO HAVE A WHY NOT YOU
ATTITUDE.
AND YOU SEE ON THE FRONT A MINI
RUS AND MINI C. AND OUR KIDS CAN
LOOK AT THIS AND SEE THEMSELVES.
AND WE WANT INCLUSIVITY,
DIVERSITY, EVERY KID SHOULD BE
ABLE TO DREAM BIG.
AND IF YOU HAVE A WHY NOT YOU
ATTITUDE, THE SKY IS THE LIMIT.
>> YES IT IS.
>> I LOVE IT.
WE INTRODUCED YOU GUYS AT COUPLE
GOALS.
IS THAT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON
YOUR RELATIONSHIP?
HOW DO YOU MAKE THE MARRIAGE
WORK?
WHAT'S YOUR SECRET?
>> WELL I THINK FIRST OF ALL,
TONS OF DATE NIGHTS.
WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE A DATE
NIGHT EVERY FRIDAY.
SOMETIMES WE DOUBLE DOWN ON
THAT.
BUT ALSO TOO, I THINK THE
COMMUNICATION IS EVERYTHING.
I THINK WE ALSO HAVE THE SAME
CORE VALUES AND MILGS AND
VISIONS.
AND WE LOVE DOING STUFF
TOGETHER.
WE DO SO MUCH TOGETHER.
AS LONG AS I'M NOT ON STAGE
DANCING WITH CIARA.
I'M GOOD.
ONLY STAGE I HOPE TO BE ON IS
SUPER BOWL STAGE.
BUT ITS BEEN FUN, YOU KNOW, WE
GET TO DO LIFE TOGETHER EVERY
DAY AND SPORTS, MUSIC, FASHION
ALL OF THAT TOGETHER.
SO GRATEFUL.
>> AS THE BLESSING.
AND ALSO OFF THE KEEP IT SPICY
AS WELL.
KEEP IT YOUNG AND FRESH AS YOU
CAN.
>> YOU HAVE TO.
>> YEAH.
>> -- INTO THAT WHEN IT IS NOS
6:30 IN THE MORNING.
>> SPEAKING OF DOING LIVE AND
GETTING SPICY.
RUSSELL YOU ALWAYS GO BIG FOR
ANNIVERSARIES.
I COULDN'T HELP BY NOTICE YOUR
RINGS WHEN YOU HELD UP THE BOOK
CIARA.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS YEAR.
>> WHAT'S UP THE SLEEP FOR
NUMBER SIX?
>> LET ME TELL YOU A SECRET
ABOUT LOVE.
I BELIEVE THIS AND FOR ALL THE
MEN OUT THERE.
THE REALITY ABOUT LOVE IS
ELEMENT OF CONTINUAL SURPRISE.
I CAN'T TELL YOU.
I'VE GOT TO KEEP THE SURPRISE.
>> I AM TAKING NOTES.
ELEMENT OF SURPRISE.
>> OBVIOUSLY I'M TOTALLY DOWN TO
GO BACK TO ITALY AGAIN.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
>> MY DAD ALSO TOLD ME WHEN A
WOMEN TELLS YOU SOMETHING, MAKE
SURE YOU LISTEN.
>> YES.
WHY NOT YOU.
>> YOU JUST MENTIONED THE SUPER
BOWL STAGE.
YOU RAISED SOME EYEBROWS.
YOU SEEMINGLY SCRUBBED THE TEAM
OFF YOUR TWITTER BIO.
YOU CHANGE YOUR AVATAR.
WHAT -- WHAT DID THAT MEAN?
DID THAT MEAN ANYTHING IN.
>> WELL FIRST OF ALL, I THINK
PEOPLE NEED TO CHECK MY TWITTER
MORE OFTEN.
MAYBE PEOPLE AREN'T CHECK MIG
TWITTER ENOUGH.
IT'S ALWAYS --.
I CHANGED MY PICTURE TO ME AND
MY DAD AND EVERYBODY FREAKED
OUT.
I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE
I'M FOCUSED ON WINNING AND WHAT
I'M DOING RIGHT NOW.
>> OKAY.
REALLY QUICK AS A WASHINGTON
FOOTBALL FAN, WOULD YOU EVER
PERHAPS CONSIDER MOVING EAST AND
PLAYING FOR A TEAM.
>> -- LISTEN, MAN, I LOVE THE
EAST COAST.
BUT I THINK THE WEST COAST IS
BETTER FOR ME RIGHT NOW.
I GOT WHOLE FAMILY OVER.
HERE.
I'M FROM RICHMOND.
I KNOW WHAT YOU NEED.
I GOT PEOPLE HITTING ME UP EVERY
DAY.
ALL MY FRIENDS AND ALL THAT FROM
EAST COAST.
BUT SEATTLE IS THE PLACE THAT
I'M AT RIGHT NOW AND I LOVE IT
AND IT IS GREAT.
>> SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE DIPLOMAT.
NICELY DONE.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> -- SO GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US